metasociology

English

Etymology

From meta- +‎ sociology. The academic journal The Sociology of Religion attributes its origin to Paul Hanly Furfey, who coined it in his 1953 book The Scope and Method of Sociology (xi).

Noun

metasociology (uncountable)

  1. (sociology) The study of sociology itself

References

  • Paul Hanly Furfey, The Scope and Method of Sociology: A Metasociological Treatise (New York: Harper & Brothers, Cooper Square Publishing, 1953), xi.
  • "Introduction to the Paul Hanley Furfey Lecture," Sociology of Religion, 43 (1): iv. 1982.
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